obtained an army from Ardoates, king of Armenia, slew Amyntas, the Macedonian general, expelled the Macedonians from the land in short order, and recovered his original domain.​note[Diodorus, World History 31.19.5.]

The author of thos remark, Diodorus of Sicily, calls Ardoates "king", which suggests that he believed Armenia was by now completely independent. This Ardoates is also called Orontes III. He may have been the father of king Samus.